Textile

Clavus

Shoulder Panel

E16808A

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E16808A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Fayum
Section Egyptian
Materials Linen | Wool
Description

Warp: \ wool; ud.

Weft: \ linen; tan; \ wool; ud, brown-purple.

Technique: Tapestry over 1 warp. Emb with linen.

Roundel has plain edge, running dog border, border of animals and human forms, border of scattered rings. Center pattern perished. Clavus has plain edge, running dog border, center pattern of conventional symmetrical plants.

Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895

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